The crash took place around 1 p.m. (5 p.m. ET) when a small floatplane — an aircraft with pontoons or floats that allow it to land on water — operated by Taquan Air was flying a shore excursion. The flight, sold through Princess Cruises, was returning from a tour of Alaska’s Misty Fjords and was carrying 10 passengers and a pilot, the news release said.

The six victims were identified by Alaska state troopers late Tuesday as Randy Sullivan, the 46-year-old Alaskan pilot; 56-year-old Simon Bodie of Australia; 62-year-old Cassandra Webb of St. Louis; 39-year-old Ryan Wilk of Utah; 46-year-old Louis Botha of San Diego and 37-year-old Elsa Wilk of Canada.

A newly married couple, a pilot who used family savings to buy his plane, a family man from Australia and a vivacious office manager were among the six victims in a deadly mid-air collision of two sightseeing planes in Alaska.

Ten others survived the Monday crash over an inlet in southeast Alaska near the cruise ship port community of Ketchikan. All 14 passengers were off the cruise ship Royal Princess, which is on a seven-day trip in Alaska.